Articles | Volume 14, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-391-2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-391-2026
Research article
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12 May 2026
Research article |  | 12 May 2026

OrthoSAM: multi-scale extension of the Segment Anything Model for river pebble delineation from large orthophotos

Vito Chan, Aljoscha Rheinwalt, and Bodo Bookhagen

Data sets

Three orthomosaics of the Ravi River in the western Himalaya, at 0.2 mm/pixel resolution Bodo Bookhagen https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16567549

Model code and software

OrthoSAM: multi-scale extension of the Segment Anything Model for river pebble delineation from large orthophotos Vito Chan et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19411461

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Short summary
OrthoSAM is a new method that uses Segment Anything Model (SAM) to automatically identify and outline individual pebbles in high-resolution aerial images. OrthoSAM divides large photos into smaller sections that SAM can process effectively, and it improves the way to tell SAM where to look for objects. It uses a multi-resolution approach to handle different sizes, and it can be used to determine the distribution. Tests with computer-generated images and field data show that it is very precise.
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